Reconciliation

Just one link today, because I've got to run: The Speaker's page has the most complete set of documents and summaries you'll find on the health-care bill. They're obviously slanted toward the bill, but if you're looking for information on specific provisions or subjects, that's where you'll find it.

I jumped onto Pelosi's site and pulled down her document on affordability.

http://docs.house.gov/energycommerce/AFFORDABILITY.pdf

That document included the following:
"Limits on Premiums: The sliding‐scale credits limit individual family spending on premiums for the essential benefit package to no more than 2.0 percent of income for those with the lowest income and phasing up to no more than 9.5 percent of income for those at 400 percent of poverty."

I'm going to go ahead a say that the 400% of poverty income for a family of four in 2014 will be around $100,000. That limits their premium costs to $9,500. However, the actual family plan is likely to cost thousands more. Does this mean that earning $1 more than 400% poverty line costs the family thousand of dollars?